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- Title
Co-Producing a Nicer Neighbourhood: Why do People Participate in Local Community Development Projects?
- Authors
VANLEENE, DAPHNE; VOETS, JORIS; VERSCHUERE, BRAM
- Abstract
Co-production is often considered a solution to improve service quality and production efficiency, yet research on the reasons why citizens participate in the creation and/or implementation of public services is still limited to specific sectors. In this article, we study the different citizens’ motivations discussed in the literature. We distinguished two categories of motivations, personal and circumstantial. By means of a guided survey, we collected data on these different motivations in a Belgian case in the unstudied setting of community development. The results show that even in a community development case, where material incentives are used to entice citizens in a vulnerable socio-economic position to participate, the reasons behind co-production are still more diverse and complex than simple benefit maximization.
- Subjects
COMMUNITY development; QUALITY of service; PRODUCTION (Economic theory); MUNICIPAL services; SOCIOECONOMIC factors
- Publication
Lex Localis: Journal of Local Self-Government, 2017, Vol 15, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
1581-5374
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4335/15.1.111-132(2017)